Jan. 9
1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1977 - Oakland captures its first NFL Championship and the Minnesota Vikings drop their fourth Super Bowl, with the Raiders winning 32-14.
1988 - Anthony Carter catches 10 passes for an NFL postseason-record 227 yards to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a 36-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers and advances to the NFC title game.
1996 - The Toronto Raptors set an NBA record by not making a single free throw in a 92-91 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. The expansion Raptors go 0-for-3 from the line.
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Hernández: Chargers’ ongoing problems threaten to make them a permanent joke in L.A. [Los Angeles Times]
From their opponents’ eight-yard line, the Chargers ran the ball.
With 22 seconds remaining in the half.
Without any timeouts.
Spiking the ball wasn’t an option, either, as the play call in question came on third down.
Anthony Lynn was unable to get their field-goal team lined up before the clock expired. The period ended with an illegal-shift penalty and the Chargers down by a touchdown.
You don’t see that every day.
“Actually, they also did that two weeks ago,” remarked a chuckling Chargers beat writer two seats away in the socially-distanced press box at SoFi Stadium.
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